Knitted fabric glove and method of



C. R. KOVAR June 23, 1936.

KNITTED FABRIC GLOVE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Fi led Sept. 12, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet l June 23, 1936.

c. R. KOVAR KNITTED FABRIC GLOVE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Filed Sept. 12, 1955 2 sneaks-sheet 2 Patented June 23, 1936 PATENT OFFICE KNITTED FABRIC GLOVE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Charles R. Kova-r, Richmond Hill, N. Y., assignor to Julius Kayser & Company, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application September 12, 1935, Serial No. 40,207

4 Claims.

The invention generally relates to knitted fabric gloves and the method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly pertains to improvements in the seam structure of a cut and sewed knitted fabric glove.

As is well known in the art, certain types of gloves are manufactured from knitted fabric, the glove blank being cut out of such fabric and then sewed along the cut raw edges thereof. Heretofore, it has been customary to sew the glove at its cut raw edges entirely by an overseaming stitch alone, or entirely by a plain sewed stitch alone, the two stitches never, to my knowledge, having been used together for accomplishing the objectives hereinafter set forth. Overseamed gloves are more desirable than plain sewed gloves because the Overseamed stitches not only cover the raw edges of the cut fabric, but produce a more desirable ornamental seam structure and, further, plain sewed stitches leave the raw edges exposed to be subjected to an unravelling effect when the gloves are in use.

To add to the aesthetic value of the glove, the overseamed stitching should be arranged as close to the marginal edge of the cut fabric blank as possible so as to produce a fine stitch formation but, in ordinary practice, this is impossible in view of the excessive strains to which the outer edges of the cut loops of the knitted fabric are subject in the use of the glove.

It is the primary object of the present invention to provide a seam structure whereby the above desired advantages are obtained, and the enumerated objections overcome, this being accomplished by combining and associating plain knit stitches and Overseamed stitches in a particular co-relation.

A feature of the invention resides in providing an improved seam structure and method of manufacture whereby the cut loops at the edge of the cut glove blanks are bound together by the interlooping and interconnecting of the cut loops at the edges of the fabric by overseaming stitches and by the interlooping and interconnecting of rows of uncut loops adjacent thereto by plain stitches, the plain stitches binding the cut edges of the fabric together and taking practically the entire strain created in the use of the glove, whereas the overseamed stitches bind the cut loops together to prevent unravelling, and finish the raw edges of the cut blanks.

The invention also contemplates the provision of a method of forming a seam for uniting the raw cut edges of the fabric knitted gloves whereby the loosened loops, which are caused by the cutting of the fabric and have a natural tendency to unravel, are positively locked to prevent the occurrence of runners or dropstitches in the fabric of the cut and sewed glove and whereby a neat finish is imparted to the united edges which 5 adds to the appearance of the completed glove, thus assuring the salability and increasing the commercial value of the article.

Other important objects and advantages of the invention will be in part obvious and in part 10 pointed out hereinafter.

In order that the invention and its mode of operation may be readily understood by those persons skilled in the art, I have, in the accompanying drawings, and in the detailed description 15 based thereupon, set out a possible embodiment of the same. In these drawings:

Figure 1 is a greatly magnified view of a portion of the fabric of a type utilized in a cut and sewed glove.

Figure 2 is a composite View illustrating the fabric cutouts adapted to be assembled to form a glove. l

Figure 3 is a face elevation of the finished glove.

Figure 4 is an exaggerated cross-section of a 25 portion of the glove at the sewed edges thereof.

Figure 5 is an enlarged elevation of a portion of the fabric glove showing the seam uniting the cut edges of the sewed gloves.

Having more particular reference to the draw- 30 ings, wherein like characters of reference will designate corresponding parts throughout, it will appear from Figure 1 that the fabric preferably used in the manufacture of a glove according to this invention is warp knitted from two sets of 35 warp threads, one set of threads identified by the reference character I being laid to knit rows of loops 2 extending diagonally across the body of the fabric in one direction, the remaining set of warp threads, designated by the reference char- 40 acter 3, being laid to knit rows of loops 4 extending diagonally across the fabric in a direction opposite to that of the rows of loops 2. In the drawings, the threads I are plain and the threads 3 are cross-lined for the sake of clarity in the 45 representation. The fabric, of course, may be knitted in such a manner as to present any suitable or desirable surface finish or ornamentation.

In Figure 2, there is shown a glove blank and its accessories cut from the fabric, and adapted to be sewed together for forming the finished glove shown in Figure 3. The cut glove blank 5 is adapted to be folded upon itself along an imaginary medial line 6 whereby to bring together the opposite raw out side edges 1 for uniting the 55 same and, in this manner, form the top body portion 8 and the bottom body portion 9.

The finger section I!) of the glove is formed by slitting and shaping one end of the top and bottom sections 8 and 9 of the glove blank substantially as shown in Figure 2, so that upon folding the blank upon itself, there will be provided pairs of finger covering extensions ll united by means of finger strips I2 also cut from the knitted fabric and adapted to be sewed at its opposite cut edges I3 to the corresponding out edges 44 of the extensions l l. The bottom section 9 of the glove blank 5 is further provided with -a thumb opening I5, the raw cut edges l6 of which are adapted to be sewed to the .raw cut edges [1 of a thumb section !8 capable-of being folded along an imaginary line H; so that the opposite raw out side edges thereof maybe seamed together.

According to the present invention, the raw cut edges 1, l3, I4, 16, H and 20 of the glove blank and of its accessories are united in the formation of the glove by a seam 2! consisting of overseaming stitches 2-2 and plain sewed stitches "23.

As will more clearly appear from Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings, the plain sewed stitches 23 are formed and positioned in paralleling relation and in close proximity to the overseaming stitches 22. In this manner, it will be appreciated that the seam 2| is positively reinforced because the plain sewed stitches 23 protect the overseamed stitches 22 by relieving the same of the strains which they usually undergo in the use of the gloves.

It is pointed out that the cutting of the glove blank and parts to be associated therewith in the manufacture of the finished glove severs certain of the loops 2 and'fl, and this creates a multiplicity of loose ends, such as indicated at 24 in. Figure l of the drawings. These loose ends 24, which appear at the raw edges '1, l3, id, i5, H, and 29, subject the fabric to an unravelling action. By following my improved method of seaming, the cut loops-are bound and interlooped by the overseaming stitches 22 which are, in turn, reinforced and protected by the plain sewed stitches 23.

It will be appreciated "that the combination of overseaming stitches 22 and plain sewed stitches 23 allows the formation of fine overseamed stitches which are reinforced and protected by the plain sewed stitches since the latter are disposed to absorb practically all the strain imposed upon the seam 2| during ordinary wear of the glove. In this manner, a pleasing appearance is imparted to the glove and, although extremely fine, the overseaming stitches are prevented from becoming disconnected from the out loops of the glove fabric and, accordingly, the possibilities of running or unravelling stitches are obviated. Furthermore, the cooperation and co-relation of the overseaming stitches 22 and plain sewed stitches 23 produce a more substantial seam for prolonging the period of use of the glove.

Whereas I have describeda particular kind of knitted fabric from which a glove is made, it is .section about said thumb opening, and finger sections extending from both the top section and the bottom section as a continuation thereof, all of said sections having cut raw edges; overseaming stitches securing the cut raw edges of the top body and finger sections thereof to the cut raw edges of the bottom section and finger sections extending therefrom and for securing the cut raw edges of the thumb section to the cut raw edges about said thumb opening, and plain sewed stitches cooperating With said overseaming stitches binding said edges together, said plain sewed stitches being arranged in close spaced relatio-n with the out raw edges of the sections, and said overseaming stitches binding together the rows of complete loops and rows of cut loops at the edge of the fabric to the rows of complete, loops immediately adjacent said plain sewed stitches.

2. The method of securing together the cut raw edges of a knitted fabric glove blank which consists in covering and binding the rows of cut lcopsat the marginal edges of the blank by overseamed stitching, and interlocking and binding the rows of complete loops adjacent said marginal edges by plain sewed stitching.

3. The method of securing together the out raw edges of a knitted fabric glove blank which consists in covering and binding the rows of cut loops at the marginal edges of the blank by forming overseaming stitches about the marginal edges of the blank and interlocking and binding .the rows'of complete loops adjacent said marginal edge by forming plain sewed stitches in paralleling relation and in close proximity to the overseaming stitches.

4. In a cut and sewed glove consisting of fabric blanks cut from knitted fabric and having at their marginal edges rows of severed loops caused by the cutting of the fabric blanks, a seam for said blank-sconsisting of overseaming stitches interlocking with andbinding together the severed loops for preventing ravelling of the loops and the formation of runs in the glove blanks and for securing the cut edges of the fabric blanks together, and plain hand sewed stitches arranged inwardly from said overseaming stitches and securing together rows of complete loops immediately adjacent said severed loops and cooperating with said overseaming stitches to secure the cut edges of the gloves together to further prevent ravelling of the fabric blanks.

CHARLES R. KOVAR. 

